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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  How many kids went to Kid Museum?  A handful?  $2M would have helped provide classroom supports for teachers.  Now teachers are quitting.

Smear?  To smear it has to be a false statement, right?  She signed the ESSER III application herself.  [b]THIS IS COVID MONEY!!!
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Please explain it, in detail how this is not illegal?  I'm all ears.[/quote]

There is a very long and extremely wide-ranging list of the allowable uses of funds:

(e) USES OF FUNDS. —A local educational agency that receives funds under this section—
(1) shall reserve not less than 20 percent of such funds to address learning loss through the
implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning or summer
enrichment, extended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year
programs, and ensure that such interventions respond to students’ academic, social, and
emotional needs and address the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student
subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, and children
and youth in foster care; and
(2) shall use the remaining funds for any of the following:
(A) Any activity authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(B) Any activity authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(C) Any activity authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
(D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of
2006.
(E) Coordination of preparedness and response efforts of local educational agencies with
State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments, and other relevant agencies, to
improve coordinated responses among such entities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
coronavirus.
(F) Activities to address the unique needs of low-income children or students, children with
disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness,
and foster care youth, including how outreach and service delivery will meet the needs of each
population.
(G) Developing and implementing procedures and systems to improve the preparedness and
response efforts of local educational agencies.
(H) Training and professional development for staff of the local educational agency on
sanitation and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases.
(I) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean the facilities of a local educational agency,
including buildings operated by such agency.
(J) Planning for, coordinating, and implementing activities during long-term closures, including
providing meals to eligible students, providing technology for online learning to all students,
providing guidance for carrying out requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act and ensuring other educational services can continue to be provided consistent
with all Federal, State, and local requirements.
(K) Purchasing educational technology (including hardware, software, and connectivity) for
students who are served by the local educational agency that aids in regular and substantive
educational interaction between students and their classroom instructors, including low-income
students and children with disabilities, which may include assistive technology or adaptive
equipment.
(L) Providing mental health services and supports, including through the implementation of
evidence-based full-service community schools.
(M) Planning and implementing activities related to summer learning and supplemental
afterschool programs, including providing classroom instruction or online learning during the
summer months and addressing the needs of low-income students, children with disabilities,
English learners, migrant students, students experiencing homelessness, and children in foster
care.
(N) Addressing learning loss among students, including low-income students, children with
disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minorities, students experiencing homelessness,
and children and youth in foster care, of the local educational agency, including by—
(i) administering and using high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable, to
accurately assess students’ academic progress and assist educators in meeting students’ academic
needs, including through differentiating instruction;
(ii) implementing evidence-based activities to meet the comprehensive needs of students;
(iii) providing information and assistance to parents and families on how they can
effectively support students, including in a distance learning environment; and
(iv) tracking student attendance and improving student engagement in distance education.
(O) School facility repairs and improvements to enable operation of schools to reduce risk
of virus transmission and exposure to environmental health hazards, and to support student
health needs.
(P) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve
the indoor air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans,
control systems, and window and door repair and replacement.
(Q) Developing strategies and implementing public health protocols including, to the
greatest extent practicable, policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention for the reopening and operation of school facilities to effectively maintain the
health and safety of students, educators, and other staff.
(R) Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of and continuity of services
in local educational agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local educational
agency.[/quote]

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